The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1887-02-10
LOCAL OPTION ISSUB|
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL
THE VOTE CANVASSED.
DECLARED FRAUD
ULENT.
REPORT OF TiTE CANVASS.
ING BOARD COMMITTEES.
Speeches, Resolutions, etc.

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: Speeches, Resolutions, etc.
Full Report of the Council Proceed
ipgs.
There has perhaps never, since
the war, been a question before the
Logan people that has excited sucl
universal and such intense interest
as, ,thatcf Local Option. Temperance
movements are always discussed and
preached in school, in church and
at every christian fresides. Occa.
slonal agitatIons occur. in localities
and congregations, but only rarely
Is the general public stirred TO lis
depths. and every one becomes more
or less an interested actor. The
Local Option question, has this spe-
cial feature in it. that the principle
is left to a popular vote.
The po2ulace greedilV grab at
such opportunities OF exercising a
power. When PLATE washed his
hands, the populace took a vote.
The Ten Commandments nor the
Lords prayer, nor no accepted prin-
ciple OF law or relisi was ever es-
tablished by vote.
Hence the vote on a question of
principle establishes no principle,
but only gives the expression or
feeling current upon local policy.
Thus it is with Local Option.
1t is in the nature of a police reg
ulation, to be enforced or revoked
at the changing will of changing
minds. The acceptance or rejec-
ton of Local Option settles 10 car
dinai principle involved, and the
main issue, temperance, is ever on
Tho fact that cur community has
been SO generally excited over this
question is, because, it was taken
from home, from church, and from
the Court. Everybody was given
the privilege to take a part, and
everybody did.
The result of the vote and the
action of the Council, We're given
last week.
On last Friday night the Council
met to hear report OF The canvass
ing committee. We give, follow
ing a full report of the proceedings, |
believing the readers, sufficiently |
interested. to invite hearing in de |
tail of what was done.
SoONSlL
The minutes of last meeting read
and approved.
The Mayor called for the report
of the committee appointed to in.
vestlgate the Local Option election
returns.
DR.. Wright said he was not ready
as chairman of the committee, to
report for the committee. The
committee had never met until this
evening, most of the names of vo,
ters supposed to be illegal were on
ly furnished yesterday. lie said
he had investigated, was certain
some were unquestionably illegal,
he would report the the following
NAMES OF ILLEGAL VOTERS.
Ist Ward-J, R. Patterson, Andy
Mckinney, VIM. Magle, Frank
Polling, John Shively, r. A. Foutz.
. Schleichman.
DOUBTFUL VOTERS.
John Crooks, Martin Warren,
Peter Pricenderfer.
ILLEGAL VOTERS.
2nd Ward-James Morris, Da-
vid Murray, VIM. Collision, Geo.
Cline, j. W. Scheville
DoBTFUL VOTERS.
Charles Green, Wm. Green.
ILLEGAL VOTERS.
Sd Ward-T. P. johnston, Jas.
Ash.
Doubtfu!-S. Welds, Jacob
Boush.
ILLEGAL. VOTERS.
4th Ward-Charles Fields, Wm.
Geigcr, Charles Stewart, Noah
Cook, Al Brown.
Doutful-Joseph Tucker, j.
Stanley, John Shilo, Z. Isrcal,
Frank Kreig, James Schwartz.
Toial-19 illegal voters, II
doubtful.
Schlagetter reported rs doubtful
John Crooks, 1st Ward.
Solicitor White stated thai Is
names had been given the commit
.ee, and agreed substantially 10
he report as made by DR.. Wright.
He SAID that he understood the add |
ournmeat Of Council was in effect
4 discharge of tie committee, and
lad made no special investigation.
IVright-The report | make is
he best possible this evening
There are evidently q number Of
Illegal votes. The count of the
)Illois shows an alleged
majority of % instead of 27 as re-
ported by The officers Of the cleo
ion,
Draldock- desire to have the !.
eport made in writing.
Whi;e-I have no report to make
think each member of the Coun- !
ii should investigate for h imself,
nd each make his own report.
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